Episode
Real Time with Bill Maher: February 18, 2011
Overview
Guests: PBS host Tavis Smiley, director Kevin Smith, journalist John Heilemann, CNBC host Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, journalist Matt Taibbi Topics: Griftopia, budget cuts, Obama as a bad negotiator, trade unions for government employees, Tea Party Review magazine, Red State, treatment of women in Arab world, Natalie Munroe, Civil War reenactments
Details
- Series
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2011-02-18
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
February 18, 2011 is Episode 6 in Season 9 of Real Time with Bill Maher. It aired on 2011-02-18. The runtime is 60 min.
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